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Mar. 30, 2008
A Good Day
| Well, it started out a good day. Grandpa and I were going to spread fertilizer in the field. We had two loads done and were on the ball, when a tire on the tractor blew out. This is not your ordinary jack it up and put on the spare scenario. First, we got into the dump truck and attempted to take it out of the field. Note, if you will, the wording of this: 'we attempted to take it out of the field.' We got through the main part of the field without much of a problem. Then we got to the gate, and there the truck stayed for three days before we got the neighbor's tractor to pull it out. After going the next mile to the barn on foot, we got into the truck and grabbed a jack, some bricks and wood to support the tractor, and a winch to keep the tire supported. After an hour we finally got the jack to jack, it had run out of fluid while sitting in the dump truck for three years. So then we found that we had no ratchet heads that fit the lugs on the tractor wheel. So back to the barn we went, and came back with the correct one. Now we got the wheel off, and now we must get the tire into the truck. This tire is calcium filled, making it well over four hundred and fifty lbs. So we tried winching it into the truck, all we succeeded in doing was bending the bumper and breaking some of the metal in the bed. Then Grandpa got the idea to drain the calcium out and pick it up with the tractor, then deposit it in the back of the truck. Which we succeeded in doing, then we got the tire to the barn. Three hours pass and dad says, "O.K. let's take this tire into Les Schwab and get it replaced." So we get in the truck the tractor wheel is in. This truck is old, rotting, and dieing. Which it succeeded in doing at Les Schwab; I had thought to myself, ' We had better not turn the truck off or it may not start ever again.' I promptly ignored this, thinking I was just paranoid. So we turned the truck off. Why don't you just guess what happened next. You guessed it, the thing never even tried to crank over. So we got a jump from another rig next to us and got it started. Seeing we were close to overheating and there are several coolant leaks, we decided to skip running the couple of errands we had planned. AND WE MADE IT! *whew* Talk about suspense. All in all, $700 dollars spent to get a new wheel (the wheel we had was busted and the tire rotted) and tire + calcium. |
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